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Jacob Sullum

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine and a nationally syndicated columnist who writes about drug policy, criminal justice and civil liberties. His books include Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use and Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives.

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DI has documented statements by Jacob Sullum on Criminal Justice Policy and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Jacob Sullum

Jacob Sullum

Role at the time: Senior editor at Reason, writing an opinion column

Condemned

Statement summary

Writing in Reason, Jacob Sullum says that because two earlier investigations of the same disclosure ended without charges, the decision to charge Comey now stinks of desperation to satisfy Trump's desire for revenge.

“Given the outcomes of those two investigations, the decision to charge Comey now stinks of desperation to slake Trump's thirst for revenge.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Reason: DOJ's 3rd attempt to imprison James Comey stinks of Trump's desperation for revenge · Reason Magazine
Why we used this label

The case concerns the Justice Department's new charges against Comey. Sullum writes that charging him after two earlier investigations declined to do so reflects a desire for revenge, which condemns the prosecution under scrutiny.

Read statementDOJ charges James Comey with disclosing national defense information in 2016; Comey says he is innocent

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